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GREAT FREE . TKADE BANQUET AT MANCHESTER . More than -5 T n , wl demOnstration came oftilt Manchester on Tuesday , and I 7 f " ' ? , eisons were P resent - There were 72 " snests ^ half past sL ™ " ,,, , " Sald by lhe *<*¦ U' M 'Borrow . About « , " The heaSf $ { $ ?? "Pf" * - , "" » toast of the evening mons " wh . oh » , ° Free-trade members of the House of ComoaUed on Jr 3 , 5 ™ *" ' W , f Srea ' enthllsias ™ ' The Chairman Btituenc ™ " to respond " lh ? vePreS (* te' ™ of the largest con-Pkuse ° S' ° " » " ? ' ; vas received with hearty and protracted aplllft V e ™ introductory remarks , he said : _ I was venr Spected cha ° irr T , tBOlOndl U y ap P laud < when U ««« " "" > «™ rSf i ha e ° »™ this question of i iu ^^^
^ 'T ^ .. / . ° . ^ ' ™ S Free Trad * ,-, ri p * J * " *> w uo . unug mis question of must J * 1 ^ H 10 a s P eedy issua - ( c ^ ers ) What we nin een \ Ztf r » *»' - *<> " » * that , when undoubtedly 0 FreeTrldf S * P ° P ulation of these realms are in favour sane man whoT . 1 p" co , mmercial cities J ° * cannot find a 1 eve In iW ? , forProtec ion- ( loud cheers ) -when , I verily bevidinis Outsi 3 ? f e ™ f ° V could not find a score of inditeo on 7 ^ fh ? wh 0 would commit themselves to Pro-£ ^ & . and au §^ er ) --when the whole agricultural labourpopulation are vehement ) in
^ fa ™ 7 af F ™ Se ho ^ stu d mLT " State , ° - » Ss as ^ ^ can be necessary tha we Sri ™ 6 > ™ thlS not very tem P erate atmosphere or very rn ?« J T °° ' agam to P ^^ st against a Protectionist Government aSLh ? T / , * . gentlemen ' the reason » thl-and £ bvtt 7 ^ 6 apt t 0 infVillge the rule of a Free Trade me ^ t-7 JlTutTJr ^ ^ ^ a » ybody-the truth is this , cheersn If- u ° mm 011 ; n pa ° House of Coramons ' ( Lo « d wealthL 1 « i a HouseXGommoils ^ here the intellect and the ^ eaitJi and the power of the country are so unequally and unduly p resented , that , instead of its being { fair exponent of the opinions ot the country , it seems to be little more than a machine where
ingenious jugglers , like Signer Blitz himself , can shuffle the cards and nlo T T \ ^ \ the Stakes in s P ite of the opposition of nmeteen-twentieths of the population of this country ( Cheers . ) Now , gentlemen , I still think that if the Free Traders who were sent to Parliament at the last election are . as I believe they will be true to their principles , we may bring this question to a close , as we are bound to do , in my humble opinion , b efore the next Christmas . Defective as is our representative systemstill there is aconsiderable
, mjijority of the House of Commons pledged to Free Trade . ( Cheers ) 1 have a very high authority in these matters with the Government Major Beresford , as for the fact . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Well " ^ m } l stl P ulate fov is « that when Parliament re-assembles we should know whether the Government be now Protectionist or Free Trade . I say that if the Queen ' s Speech does not contain a distinct renunciation and recantation of Protection on the part of this
Administration , I think the Free Trade majority are bound , either by an amendment to the address , or by a substantive resolution , to declare that no Government will have the confidence of the House oi Commons which does not avow—mind , I say avow —( cheers )—its determination to adhere to the policy of Free Trade as it has hitherto been adopted , and to' carry it out in every practicable way . ( Cheers . ) The agricultural labourers of this country are not , I am
sorry to say , so well off as they should be , thouph they are certainly better than they were under , the auspices of Protection . Having resided some time in a purely agricultural district of England , I venture to say that the wages in the southern counties , including Kent and Sussex , do not average 9 s . a-week , and in Dorsetshire and Devonshire many are working at 7 s . a-week . They are better off than they were under the regime of Protection , when the price of the loaf was double what it is at present ; but they are not so well off as they ought to be ; and " the reason why" is ^ tha t there is not
capital enough in the agricultural districts to give the people full employment . We want , also , to bring the matter to an issue , in order to clear the question of Protection out of the path of all parties , and leave them to make some new combinations . . I know that it is very fashionable among certain politicians to say , " Why don ' t you Liberal members of the House of Commons get together and form yourselves into a party ? " Some people out of doors say , " You should form a Radical " party . ' Others say , " Why don ' t you form yourselves into a progressive party ?'' I must confess I think that people who look to members of the House of Commons to
form parties or to determine the policy of the country , have a very insufficient notion of what it " is that constitutes the force of political movements in this country . ( Hear , hear . ) If anybody supposes tnat till this question is settled , any members of the House of Commons could form themselves into a party for any other dbject , unless the people out of doors indicated what they wanted , and prepared a question for Parliament to deal with , such person has entirely forgotten the history of the Free Trade agitation , and must be ignorant how parties are constituted in the House of
Commons . Therefore , whatever other subject may be most yourswhether you want an extension of the suffrage , ballot , or any other measure , get rid of this out of your path , and then , like sturdy , honest Englishmen , set to work , bringing out some men not above thirty years old , because you will want some time to do it ; and whatever is just and right and politic , if you only work for it , you will sure to succeed in obtaining . ( Hear , hear . ) Now I should not wonder if we should be met by some wise politicians with the question—What are you going to do if you turn out this Government ?
How will you make another ? Well , I think that question is much easier of solution after the experience of the last six months than it was before . ( Laughter and cheers . ) I don't think we shall ever be in any great difficulty in finding a Government , after the experience of the last Government . ( Renewed laughter and cheers . ) It has been shown that it does not require that you should have ancestors who were Ministers before you ; it . does not require that you should have been chin-deep in " red tape " all your days ^ hear , hear)— it does not require that you should have a broad coat of arms , or even
a crest —( a laugh)—it does not matter what lineage or race you belong to —( laughter and cheers)—there is no sort of embargo henceforth against anybody being a Cabinet Minister .. ( Cheers . ) I confess I won t be chargeable with such transparent hypocrisy as to affect the modesty of not being able to be as good a Cabinet Minister as some half-score gentlemen now hi office . ( Great cheering . ) I hope it will not be supposed that I have any ambition to fill any such office ( some laughter ); I have no such desire / ( Hear , hear . ) Not that I think , where people can hold office and hold
their own convictions too , it is not a most honourable and desirable post ( hear , hear ) , a post which gives men great power to do good . ( Hear , hear . ) But 1 think we are fairly entitled to say this—that whatever else the-men may be , we insist upon having a Free Trade Administration . ( Cheers ) And when I say a Free trade Administration , I mean a body of menj if they are " to be the m n now in office , who shall distinctly and emphatically repudiate all the doctrines they have been promulgating in their past lives upon this great
question . ( Laughter and cheers ^) They must say that Free Trade does not lower wages ( hear , hear ); that Free Trade 'does not cause a drain of gold from this country ( hear , hear ); that Free Trade has not thrown land out of cultivation in tins country ( hear , hear ); that the land of this country is still worth something ( hear , hear ); and that wheat , good wheat , has not been imported into this country , and cannot be , at 24 s . a quarter . ' ( Hear . ) Those are a few of the things they must say ,-when they said the very opposite before , ( Hear . ) And
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we must have no accompaniment about " compensation . " ( Hear ^ Do you look in your dictionary , and see what the word « compen . sat on means and you will see that if -here is any compensation due frZ'f f h ° P L eople who ' from 1815 down t 0 1846 , were kept well but U P ° T ^ 7 . ariStOcrac y' ( Cheers - ) Compensation I HiJlPnVP \ l i th 6 re ls J ailyloss ' ( Hear «) I boldly declare and challenge the adversary to deny it , that the value of land in this connS ' wKS kUd ' " *** ° ne aCre with mother " anS on country with another , is greater now than it was in 1844 . Hear , hear . ) 1 am very much sneered at sometimes because I couple with oun ? rie s Ia ° inSd i Trad m that ^ f * relations ^ countries . 1 am told lam Utoptan . Why , I am only doing a little more practically what those who support Free Trade do theoretically * it le ! hearda S ° Free Trade speech but what the
° : ^ L : L peroration is showing the connection betwiei pSr ^ Tandl ^ dS relations I arn not Ulo ian-I am practical ; I give a reason for he faith that is in me . ( Hear ) . I sL Free iVadLLccomp llhed fact m tins country , as the greatest commercial country in the world -I see that its example must be followed , and that that examnlp must lead to the extension of the intercourse betwee ^ t £ , « S ota countries ; and I see in that , not the Utopian realization t a dream but I see cause and effect- ( hear , hear ) -and I say men will be made peaceable because their interests will be allied in the cause of peace . ( Cheers ) . Now , I beg to propose as a sentiment"The
con-, sutuencies who have returned Free Trade members to Parliament " ( Great cheering ) . The Chairman then proposed « The Health of Sir W Clay " as the representative of the largest borough constituency . Sir William replied in a speech that was much applauded . The next toast was "The Anti-corn Law League . " Mr . BniGHT , who was called upon to speak to the toast , was received with several rounds of cheers . He commenced in a humorous le
sty :-I feel myself in a very singular position ; for , on recurring to the proceedings of a meeting somewhat like this , held nearly four years ago I find that , among the sentiments offered to that meeting was that of" the Memory of the Anti-Corn Law League . " ( Laugh ' ter and cheers . ) I do not recollect whether it was received in mournfu silence or with acclamation-. ( alaug h ) -but this I know , that we telt we had iollowed the League from its commencement to its exmction , and we fancied that we had seen it placed in its erave . ( Hear , hear . ) We never imagined that we should see it again a real living combination , as we have seen it during the last eight months and it bits *
as we see y representatives gathered within this hall to night . ( Hear hear . ) . . . Our opponents said that it was but the ghost of the League . Well , they are not the first body of people who have been driven from the field by a ghost . ( Laughter and cheers . ) I take leave , however , to assert , that the manifestation of opinion during the last few months , and especially durine the period of the general election , has been such as to show , that if tha League was buried , its spirit is still an existing and a living spirit-( cheers )—a spirit that dare and does defv any Cabinet that may exercise authority in this country to touch again the question of Free lrade . ( Cheers . ) We are in this most singular positionthat we
, have undeniably a Protectionist Ministry in power , but we are blamed ,. and the followers of that Ministry are positively hooted , if they say a single word about the question of Protection . ( Laughter . ) I certainly anticipate a great and most interesting ' * breach of promise" case —( laughter)—and what with coin , and ships , and colonies Mr . Disraeli will be the defendant against the claims of three fair ladies at once . ( Renewed laughter . ) Mr . Bright replied in this strain to the allegation of Jacobinism , democratic encroachment , and "the deluge , " turned upon the corn-law system the charge of dishonouring the Crown and oppressing the people—touched upon the , anomalies of the representation , and concluded as follows : —I am of
opinion that where there are population , industry , wealth , and intelligence , if we have a free constitution at all , there must be power , and if this be not granted , then , I say , that our constitution is a sham , and our representation is an imposture . ( Cheers . ) I am not anxious that we should have other great movements for great objects . I myself have had so much of political agitation that nothing but the most imperative and overwhelming sense of public duty would induce me to connect myself with anything farther of the kind ; but I do believe that we owe it to posterity as to ourselves that we should learn a lesson from this great movement which is about to
terminate , and that we ought , if we can , during our generation , to make the course of our children , and of tjjelr children , easier in procuring such political ameliorations and changes as the circumstances of the country may require . ( Cheers ;) The patriotism of our day does not consist in the destruction of monarchies or the change of dynasties . Our fathers wrested the institution of an annuil Parliament from unwilling and despotic monarchs . Be it ours—and I speak to those who can do it if we will it —( cheers)—be it ours to wrest a real House of Commons from a , haughty nobility , and , to secure the lasting greatness of this nation on the broad foundations of a free Parliament and a free people . ( Loud and enthusiastic cheering . )
Mr . T . Bazley proposed " The Irish members present , and may the industry of Ireland nourish . " Mr . Keogh said it was important on the part of the United Kingdom to have the verdict of the Irish members accurately ascertained upon the question of Free Trade . After referring to the conduct of the present Government , he said that the Irish members were charged with sympathising with tyranny and despotism , but he was there to
declare that they sympathised with no tyranny abroad , and they obeyed no tyranny at home . ( Here the whole company rose , and the cheering and waving of handkerchiefs lasted for some time ) . Having long experienced , under the regime for which they were not answerable , crushing despotism themselves , they must be as bereft of mind as devoid of feeling if they sympathised wi' \\ any one that tyrannised over the bodies or the consciences of men . ( Great cheering . )
The Hon . F . Berkeley , M . P ., showed the progress Free Trade , and liberal principles had made in Bristol . Mr . M . Gibson responded to the sentiment , " That Free Trade is the best interest of all nations . " He was glad thehon . member for the West Riding was determined to press for the declaration of the sentiments of Ministers . Martin Chuzzlewit , in the United States , met with a remarkable politician . This gentleman , Major 3 awkins , had a plan , when it was necessary to make a change , of striking a moist pen slick through everything , and starting afresh . Now , he thought they ought to be satisfied with nothing less than that method of recantation by her Majesty's present Ministers . ( Cheers . ) Lord Goderich , M . P ., and Mr . Cheethjui , M . P ., briefly ad * dressed the meeting , which closed at eleven o ' clock .
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The coming into operation of tile new patent law , which with its many defects , will to a great extent emancipate inventors , was celebrated by a ; Mblic dinner in Birmingham on Wednesday evening , tha ' town being of all others the place where the greatest amount oi injury has been inflicted by the operation of the old law . Worth any Money . —A medical man , advertising his " Practice * for sale , winds it up , after stating all its advantages , with the follow ing additional recommendation : — " N . B . Notfiteminutes' distanc from a large railway station ' '** -Pmich . ' ' ' - ,-, ' Cockney PHii . osoPHY ,- ^ T he Socratic mode of " afguihe ' nt is th ' e 6 nly Mi mode of chopping logic , because it proceeds altogether on- We ¦ principle"of aim ) questions .
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OPENING OF THENEW PARLIAMENT The opening of the new Parliament , « Mch has ten looked forward to With 5 omnehmtere 5 dormg thetefew ^ eHtookplaceto . day The gather was exceedingly fine , and Palace-yard was oLerm . Ji ^ crowded ¦ J * - * WL ^ ^ WS 55 entrance to both the House of Lords , and the ITouse of Commons ^ comp letetyfiUed ^ th strangers , and altogether the neigh bourhood the new Houses of Parliament presented a scene of « 1 hustie 11 excitement . aueancl HOUSE " oFLOUBS . The new Parliament was opened in the House nf T nra 0 ^ -d t Commission . The Lords Commissioners W ^ eford rlt Ti ^ Duke of Northumberland , the Marquis o ^^ ite ^ dale , and the Duke of Montrose . # ° ™ nny » the Earl of Lonsfootof OPENING OF THE NBWJXBLlSiN
J ^ X ^^ t ^ ^ ^^ the Throne i- ^ S iSn . ^ * the House of Commons to give their bmSSZ ^ St'l ° The Usher of the Blacf Rod a «» riiX ^ ft t f ' tainutes afterwards he returned to the tfoLe arol ^ l ? ^ Penis Le Marchant , the Chief Clerk J ^ Z ^ SS ^ large body of the new Members The Chancellor of the ExcWer Mr . Secretary Walpole , Sir John Pakington and n + W ™ ^ ¦ i the Cabinet being among the foremost * membei ' S °
The Chief Clerk of the House of Lords then read the Eoyal Commission for the opening of Parliament ; after which ^ ommis-The Lord Chancellor in the name of her Majesty , and by virtue of the Commission which had just been read , directed the geLw ^ the House of Commons to retire to their own chamber aid chTose a Speaker . The Members of the House of Commons accordingly with-The House then adjourned .
HOUSE OF COMMONS . The E xp orters' Gallery was thrown open at half-past one o ' clock During the recess the interior of the House has Undergone some slight alterations . The large chandeliers which last Session proved so offensive to the eye-sight , have been removed , and the shaded liriits in the ceiling of the House considerably improved . On entering the House , we found a large cluster of members already assembled on the floor , chatting noisily together in knots , or warmly snaking hands and welcoming each other ' s return to the House .
Those who were in any way attached to the Government took their seats upon the Ministerial benches ; while'the other members , who had occupied seats in former Parliaments , took up their old positions , either as supporters of Her Majesty ' s Government , or followers of Her Majesty ' s Opposition . The Chancellor of the Exchequer looked very much fagged and care-worn , and so , indeed , did Sir John Pakmgton , the Secretary of State for the [ Colonies , and Mr . Hamilton , the Secretary for the Treasury ; but all the other members of the Government , who mustered in great force , appeared to be full of health and spirits .
Shortly after two o ' clock , the Usher of the Black Rod summoned the members to the House of Peers , to hear the Royal Commission read . . After a short absence , the Chief Clerk returned to his seat at the table .
RE-ELECTION OF THE SPEAKER . Mr . Robert Gamier said it now devolved upon the House , in obedience to her Majesty ' s commands , to proceed to the performance of its first and most important duty , namely , that of selecting from their own body some Honourable Member who should fill , during the present Session , the chair of the House . He begged , therefore , to propose for that office the Right Hon . Charles Shaw Lefevre , who had already filled the chair for a period of 13 years . ( Cheers . )
Lord R . Grosvexor seconded the motion , and said , at a time when the liberties of Europe , when the right of full and open discussion , and the right of public opinion hung by a thread—at a moment of this sort he was sure that it would be acknowledged that the character of that House was deeply involved by the manner in which its proceedings would be carried on . It became us then to act with unusual calmness , to take the utmost care that . the liberty of free thought and free
assertion which we so happily enjoyed should not be abused for any personal , party , or factious purposes , but that we should guard that right committed to us , he might say * -without any exaggeration , for the benefit of mankind at large . It was a matter of the greatest urgency that they should have over them a gentleman whose nice discernment , discriminating judgment , large and varied experience , and whose indefatigable attention so eminently qualify him for that position .
After a pause of a few moments , there being no sign oi opposition to the motion , Sir R . H . Isglis said , that he rose not so much to congratulate his Right . Hon . Friend , but far nibre to congratulate the House upon having a person of so large an experience proposed to fill the Chair . The Ri ght Hon . C . Shaw LeIpevre claimed the indulgence of the House before the motion was put , while he made one or two observations . ( Hear , hear . ) It was quite unnecessary for him to assure his Honourable Friend the Member for Berkshire , and his Noble Friend the Member for Middlesex ; that he highly valued their friendship ,
while he felt deeply sensible of the complimentary manner in which they had done Mm the lionour to introduce his name to the House . ( Hear , hear . ) He hoped it was equally unnecessary for him to assure the House , that he had not only listened to the speeches of his Hon . Friend with sincere pleasure , but he was also most sensible of the flattering reception which the House had been pleased to give to the proposition of his Honourable Friends , and he begged leave to assure the House * that he witnessed that reception with feelings of unfeigned gratitude . ( Cheers . ) He begged to show them that whatever might he their decision upon the motion before them , he should most cheerftill y bow to it ( Cheers ) ; . .
. . , ., The motion was was then put by the Chief Clerk , and carried by acclamation , after which the Right Hon . Gentleman ^ as conduetedto the Chair by the mover and seconder of the motion , amidst loud and l ong-continued cheering . . i -d-i ? ¦ The Speaker having ascended the steps of the chair , said : Betore taking his seat he must be allowed once more to thank the House tor the compliment they had paid him , and to assure them that the renewed mark of their confidence would , if possible , caiise him to r ^ double his anxiety to discharge faithfuUy and impartially the duties ^ hich belonged to the office of Speaker . ( Cheers . ) . be allowed
The Chancellor of the Exchequer said he must now to congratulate the Speaker upon having received to-day the Ingnest nonour which English gentlemen could confer upon any one who possessed their confidence and esteem . ( Cheers . ) He felt that the selection which the House had this day made would be alike satisiacto * y to all parties . ( Cheers . ) . . , -,...- . Lord John Russell and Mr . Hume followed ' with then ? conpp-a tul jations . ' . : , ; Hr . F . ilACKENziE then moved that the Honse do now adjourn , which was put by the Speaker and carried . Tte House accordingly atamed at 3 o ' clock until 2 to-morrow .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 6, 1852, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1703/page/3/
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